Peter Somerville

Peter Somerville
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-07-08) 8 July 1968 (age 56)
Original team(s) Moe
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 98 kg (216 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1988–1999 Essendon 160 (89)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1999.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Peter Somerville (born 8 July 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played 160 games for Essendon in the AFL.

A ruckman, and son of John Somerville, he shared rucking duties with Paul Salmon for much of his career. He was a premiership player with Essendon and represented Victoria in 1991 and was well known for his amazing high leaping marks.

After a successful career spanning over a decade, Somerville owned and operated his own plumbing business until 2002. He then ventured to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland to teach plumbing at TAFE.

Statistics

[1]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
H/O
 Hit-outs
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
1988 Essendon 42 4 2 3 31 10 41 23 4 35 0.5 0.8 7.8 2.5 10.3 5.8 1.0 8.8 3
1989 Essendon 19 3 2 2 24 11 35 15 3 16 0.7 0.7 8.0 3.7 11.7 5.0 1.0 5.3 0
1990 Essendon 19 4 5 1 21 12 33 15 4 16 1.3 0.3 5.3 3.0 8.3 3.8 1.0 4.0 0
1991 Essendon 19 17 14 12 109 59 168 85 8 52 0.8 0.7 6.4 3.5 9.9 5.0 0.5 3.1 0
1992 Essendon 19 20 21 16 169 71 240 114 11 145 1.1 0.8 8.5 3.6 12.0 5.7 0.6 7.3 5
1993† Essendon 19 18 13 14 116 81 197 91 14 155 0.7 0.8 6.4 4.5 10.9 5.1 0.8 8.6 0
1994 Essendon 19 10 6 1 57 39 96 33 6 75 0.6 0.1 5.7 3.9 9.6 3.3 0.6 7.5 0
1995 Essendon 19 24 18 7 177 140 317 128 17 319 0.8 0.3 7.4 5.8 13.2 5.3 0.7 13.3 12
1996 Essendon 19 21 5 5 110 100 210 73 10 289 0.2 0.2 5.2 4.8 10.0 3.5 0.5 13.8 3
1997 Essendon 19 13 1 0 76 46 122 52 5 137 0.1 0.0 5.8 3.5 9.4 4.0 0.4 10.5 1
1998 Essendon 19 12 0 2 64 37 101 34 8 212 0.0 0.2 5.3 3.1 8.4 2.8 0.7 17.7 0
1999 Essendon 19 14 2 0 65 44 109 37 10 239 0.1 0.0 4.6 3.1 7.8 2.6 0.7 17.1 0
Career 160 89 63 1019 650 1669 700 100 1690 0.6 0.4 6.4 4.1 10.4 4.4 0.6 10.6 24

References

  1. ^ "Peter Somerville". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 November 2019.